Found mostly on the continental slope. Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 57406).

Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Campeche in Mexico; reported to extend to the West Indies, and off Venezuela and Suriname (Ref. 13608).

Western Atlantic: 41.9°N, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Campeche in Mexico; reported to extend to the West Indies, and off Venezuela and Suriname

Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, North West Atlantic

Western Atlantic.

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 20; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 20 - 22

Maximum size: 200 mm TL

20.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251))

Type for Peristedion gracile
Catalog Number: USNM 39319
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Illustration
Year Collected: 1885
Locality: Gulf of Mexico; 142 Fm, Florida, United States, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic
Depth (m): 260 to 260
Vessel: Albatross

bathydemersal; marine; depth range 30 - 475 m (Ref. 7251)

Found mostly on the continental slope.

benthic

Depth range based on 35 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 27 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 83 - 260
  Temperature range (°C): 14.721 - 21.188
  Nitrate (umol/L): 2.218 - 15.775
  Salinity (PPS): 35.835 - 36.449
  Oxygen (ml/l): 3.107 - 4.787
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.326 - 1.177
  Silicate (umol/l): 2.467 - 6.469

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 83 - 260

Temperature range (°C): 14.721 - 21.188

Nitrate (umol/L): 2.218 - 15.775

Salinity (PPS): 35.835 - 36.449

Oxygen (ml/l): 3.107 - 4.787

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.326 - 1.177

Silicate (umol/l): 2.467 - 6.469
 
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Depth: 30 - 475m.
From 30 to 475 meters.

Habitat: bathydemersal. Found mostly on the continental slope.

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 7
Species With Barcodes: 1

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